Pyrrhulina australis
| Pyrrhulina australis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhulina |
| Species: | P. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhulina australis C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
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Pyrrhulina australis, is a species of freshwater fish known as pencilfish found in South America. These fish are found in the La Plata and Paraguay River basins north into the Guaporé River basin. [1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish's name is Latin for southern, referring to its occurrence, since it is described from Paraguay, south of the "evidently closely related" P. semifasciata that inhabits the Amazon River basin. [3]
References
- ^ Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pyrrhulina australis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LEBIASINIDAE Gill 1889 (Pencilfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 May 2025.